Kilgore High School
Public school in Kilgore, Texas, United States
Kilgore High School is a public high school located in the city of Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas , United States and classified as a 4A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It is a part of the Kilgore Independent School District located in southwest Gregg County . In 2022, the school was given an Accountability Rating of 'B' by the Texas Education Agency .[ 2]
Athletics
The Kilgore Bulldogs compete in the following sports:[ 3]
Baseball (Boys)
Basketball (Boys & Girls)
Cross Country (Boys & Girls)
Football (Boys)
Golf (Boys & Girls)
Soccer (Boys & Girls)
Softball (Girls)
Tennis (Boys & Girls)
Track & Field (Boys & Girls)
Volleyball (Girls)
The football and soccer teams play their home games at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium, sharing the facility with the Kilgore College football team.
Football Records Table
Season
Conf
Dist
Overall Record
District Record
Playoff Record
Coach
Notes
Ref
1931
B
5-3
H.P. Gaston
1932
16
5-3
Johnny Wright (9-7-1)
1933
4-4-1
1934
1A
10
2-4-2
Bob Waters (13-24-4)
1935
0-8
1936
9
4-4-1
1937
4-3-1
1938
3-5
1939
8-2
I.B. Hale (14-3-2)
1940
2A
11
6-1-2
1941
7-2-1
R.E. St. John
1942
6-3
Floyd Wagstaff (17-10-1)
1943
5-3-1
1944
6-4
1945
1-8-1
Wilson McKewen (7-11-2)
1946
6-3-1
1947
6-2-2
Harold Neal (10-8-2)
1948
8
4-6
1949
1-8-2
M.A. Hopson (7-20-4)
1950
9
3-5-2
1951
3-7
1952
3A
4
5-5
Ty Bain (68-34-3)
1953
8-1-2
0-1
[ 4]
1954
4-6
1955
7-3
1956
7
10-2
0-1
[ 5]
1957
8-3
1958
6-3-1
1959
8-3
1960
7-3
1961
5-5
1962
3-6-1
Prince Scott (12-16-2)
1963
5-5
1964
4-5-1
1965
7-3
Jim Hess (11-9)
1966
4-6
1967
3-7
Raymond Haas (9-20)
1968
2-8
1969
4-5
1970
8
4-6
John Blocker (27-13)
1971
7-3
1972
9
8-2
1973
8-2
1974
2-8
Buddy Humphrey (3-16-1)
1975
1-8-1
1976
8
8-1-1
Kyle Gantt (15-4-1)
1977
7-3
1978
6-4
Lawrence Kalmus (24-17)
1979
7-3
1980
4A
8
7-4
1981
4-6
1982
6-4
James Cameron (47-20-1)
1983
4-6
1984
8-2
1985
8-3
1986
9-3-1
0-1
[ 6]
1987
12-2
2-1
State Quarterfinalist
[ 7]
1988
16
9-2-1
2-1
[ 8]
1989
5-5
Jack Rushing (6-13)
1990
1-8
1991
6-5
1-1
Billy Rhodes (22-17-3)
[ 9]
1992
15
7-3-1
0-1
[ 10]
1993
4-4-2
1994
17
5-5
1995
7-5
1-1
Mike Vallery (138-42-1)
[ 11]
1996
4A II
16
10-2-1
2-1
[ 12]
1997
9-3
1-1
[ 13]
1998
17
9-3
1-1
[ 14]
1999
9-2
0-1
[ 15]
2000
16
6-5
0-1
[ 16]
2001
7-4
0-1
[ 17]
2002
13
8-3
0-1
[ 18]
2003
12-2
3-1
State Quarterfinalist
[ 19]
2004
17
16-0
7-0
6-0
State Champion
[ 20]
2005
11-2
6-1
2-1
[ 21]
2006
12
6-4
4-3
2007
9-3
6-1
1-1
[ 22]
2008
14
9-3
4-1
1-1
[ 23]
2009
10-1
5-0
0-1
[ 24]
2010
3-7
2-5
0-0
Mike Wood (102-37)
2011
9-5
5-2
3-1
State Quarterfinalist
[ 25]
2012
3A I
16
12-2
5-1
4-1
State Semifinalist
[ 26]
2013
14-1
6-0
5-1
State Finalist
[ 27]
2014
4A I
9
10-1
5-0
1-1
[ 28]
2015
11-1
5-0
1-1
[ 29]
2016
10-2
6-0
1-1
[ 30]
2017
10-4
5-2
2-1
[ 31]
2018
10
4-8
2-3
0-1
[ 32]
2019
8-3
3-2
0-1
[ 33]
2020
9
11-3
5-1
3-1
State Quarterfinalist
[ 34]
2021
11-2
6-1
2-1
Clint Fuller (33-8)
[ 35]
2022
10-4
5-1
3-1
State Quarterfinalist
[ 36]
2023
12-2
6-0
3-1
State Quarterfinalist
[ 37]
Totals
615-356-30
98-24
38-18
Table references: MaxPreps ,[ 38] Texas High School Football History,[ 39] and Lone Star Football.[ 40]
Athletic titles
Football
2004 - 4A Division 2 State Champion
2013 - 3A Division 1 State Runner-Up
Baseball
2018 4A Regional Finalist
2019 4A State Semi-Finalist
Boys Track
1974 - 3A State Champion[ 42]
Boys Soccer
2018 - 4A-16 Conference Champion. Lost in third round of playoffs.[ 43]
2017 - 4A State Champion[ 44]
2016 - 4A Region 2 Champion and State Semi-Finalist. Lost to eventual 4A state champion Palestine in a 3-2 shootout.[ 45]
2015 - 4A Region 2 Champion and State Semi-Finalist. Lost to eventual 4A state champion San Elizario, 5-1.[ 46]
2014 - 4A-32 Conference Champion. Lost in third round of playoffs.[ 47]
2013 - 4A Region 2 Runner-Up (State Quarterfinalist)[ 48]
2012 - 4A Region 2 Runner-Up (State Quarterfinalist)[ 49]
2011 - 4A State Finalist. Lost to Boerne Champion 2-1 in state championship match.[ 50]
Fine arts
Kilgore's high school band won the UIL Sweepstakes award in the 2011-2012 school year, and scored highly in the Area C marching contest in 2012.[citation needed ]
Notable alumni
Bobby Cross (Class of 1948) - NFL and CFL professional football player
Larry Hickman (Class of 1954) - NFL and CFL professional football player[ 52]
Buddy Humphrey (Class of 1954) - NFL professional football player[ 53]
Eddie Jones (Class of 2006) - NFL professional football player[ 54]
Bob Luman (Class of 1955) - Country/Rockabilly singer; member of Rockabilly Hall of Fame and Texas Country Music Hall of Fame[ 55]
Vic Nyvall (Class of 1966) - NFL professional football player[ 56]
Notable faculty
John Heffner is a Young Earth Creationist and many-time co-host to Carl Baugh television program Creation in the 21st Century [ 57] who currently teaches Pre-calculus at Kilgore[ 58] and chairs its math department.[ 59] He has risen to notoriety recently as some popular skeptics have criticized his understanding of mathematical application to the real world as lacking, flawed, and overly cavalier,[ 60] [ 61] [ 62] in particular his use of the Malthusian growth model , which he uses to teach creationism to his audience.
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